Sabath v. Mansfield

The issues in this case are (1) whether a plaintiff suing for the fraudulent concealment of a breach of contract which allegedly caused serious injury to the plaintiff, can also bring suit in tort six years after the misrepresentation was discovered when any activity by the defendant which might have caused the plaintiff to delay bringing suit ceased long before the five year statute of limitations had run; (2) whether, if the plaintiff is limited to its contractual cause of action, it can recover punitive damages; and (3) whether in a case where the parties to a contract were a corporate…